Frederick County Public Schools Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana

Frederick County Public Schools Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana Redistricting Study June 4, 5, and 6, 2019

Public Engagement Session Survey Results

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Public Engagement Sessions Survey Results

Introduction

A series of Public Engagement Sessions were held on June 4 at Urbana High School, June 5 at Linganore High School, and June 6 at Oakdale High School, which intended to give an update and overview of the progress of the Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana Redistricting Study. A presentation was made to the public to inform them of the process and work performed to date, followed by a question/answer session with the public. The public was introduced to the online interactive redistricting map, and a series of DRAFT Option maps for elementary, middle, and high schools was presented. It is approximated that 50-75 community members attended each meeting. The public was encouraged to complete online questionnaires with their feedback regarding each DRAFT Option, for the staff and consultant's consideration. These questionnaires were accepted via an online survey from June 4, until June 28, 2019. In addition, Cropper GIS did a Facebook Live presentation that was recorded. This presentation has received over 2,600 views to date.

The data that is presented as a result of this Public Engagement Sessions should be used as a tool to help facilitate the study. The feedback provided will be very useful in understanding how various communities feel about the DRAFT Options. It should not be used as the sole guide on determining the best outcome for the Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana Redistricting Study. The input provided will be studied, and constructive feedback will be considered as the process moves forward.

The focus remains on developing a plan that best meets the study objectives and adheres best to the Policy 200.2 redistricting criteria, even if it ends up not being the most popular option.

Analysis Methodology

The survey input was collected and tabulated in a variety of ways. The survey collected the date the comment was received, the neighborhood and elementary, middle, and high school areas the respondent is associated with, and the respondent's comments on each DRAFT Option, as well as additional feedback.

The online survey yielded a total of 4,953 comments. There were 841 respondents. 797 respondents identified with an elementary school attendance area, 799 with a middle school attendance area, and 810 with a high school attendance area.

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General Summaries and Charts from Public Survey

In order to gain a better understanding of where the majority of the respondents are coming from throughout the district, the respondents were asked "In which elementary/middle/high school zone do you live?" The tables and charts below reflect the input provided regarding where survey respondents are living.

Elementary School Live-in Attendance Area

School

Centerville Deer Crossing Green Valley Kemptown Liberty New Market Oakdale Spring Ridge Twin Ridge Urbana No Response Total:

Respondents Respondents (%)

169

20%

219

26%

85

10%

146

17%

1

1%

41

5%

50

6%

11

1%

28

3%

47

6%

44

5%

841

Middle School Live-in Attendance Area

School

Gov. T.J. New Market Oakdale Urbana Windsor Knolls No Response Total:

Respondents Respondents (%)

38

4%

41

5%

243

29%

224

27%

253

30%

42

5%

841

High School Live-in Attendance Area

School

Linganore Oakdale Urbana No Response Total:

Respondents Respondents (%)

76

9%

293

35%

441

52%

31

4%

841

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General Summaries and Charts from Public Survey (Continued)

Elementary School Live-in Attendance Area Respondents (%)

6% 5% 1% 3%

6%

20%

5%

1%

17%

26%

10%

Centerville Liberty Twin Ridge

Deer Crossing Green Valley

New Market Oakdale

Urbana

No Response

Kemptown Spring Ridge

Middle School Live-in Attendance Area Respondents (%)

4% 5% 5%

30% 29%

27%

Gov. T.J. New Market Oakdale Urbana Windsor Knolls No Response

High School Live-in Attendance Area Respondents (%)

4% 9%

35% 52%

Linganore Oakdale Urbana No Response

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Elementary DRAFT Option A Thoughts and Observations

Live-in Elementary School Green Valley ES

Green Valley ES

Green Valley ES Green Valley ES Green Valley ES Spring Ridge ES Centerville ES Green Valley ES Green Valley ES Oakdale ES Deer Crossing ES Kemptown ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES

Kemptown ES

Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Kemptown ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES

Centerville ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES New Market ES New Market ES Centerville ES Kemptown ES New Market ES

What do you like about Elementary School DRAFT Option A?

It's fine. Nothing- I am unhappy with the safety at Green Valley Elementary and the county continues to avoid discussing the issue. The school is old and lacks infrastructure for continued development. The number of children going there is going to continue to grow and there is no plan to fix anything there. The community was told it is not on the county's ten year plan. In ten years there are parts of that school that are going to fall apart- the bathrooms, the front doors. I have grave concerns regarding the entrance to the school and the windows in all the classrooms. Without walls, kids are sitting ducks. We were also told that the community and safe and tell people if we have concerns. So we are supposed to police ourselves and identify any trouble. By the time something happens, it will be too late. The county was given money to fix security at school and because GVES will be the hardest to fix, they put it last. That is sad. I fine it very troubling that so many young kids will be there next year and there is no plan to fix any security issues there. Same place as we are already- very close to neighborhood Green Valley does make the most sense for our neighborhood based on proximity. However, I do believe it needs some renovations. We may also have to consider if that school will be able to hold the number of children that will be sent there from the Landsdale community in the coming years. N/A I like that the entire Spring Ridge community will be kept together at SRES. This will strengthen community relationships and unify students Option A keeps the students going to Centerville Keeps us in the same elementary school No opinion Nothing. My daughter is at Oakdale and would have to change schools for 5th grade and again for 6th grade. There is a small attendance area, keeping class sizes small. Nothing. I like being moved to East County ES because I am not happy with admin at our current school. It keeps us in our most local elementary school with our closest neighbors. We do not like anything about Option A. We are very unhappy with the suggestion that Windsor Knolls, Holbrook, and Loch Haven will be moved to UES. This is unacceptable given the distance to the school and splitting up our well-established community and neighborhoods that go well beyond the 3 you have identified to be eliminated from KES. The newer, highly compacted neighborhoods in urbana and landsdale should be split up rather than splitting up the well-established neighborhoods that currently go to KES. Plus, many families either moved away from or did not choose to move to Urbana and Landsdale neighborhoods to avoid the overcrowded elementary schools and specifically chose their home to attend KES. Futhermore, the windsor knolls community has a very strong presence in the PTA at KES. n/a my children will be in the same school that they have started; my before and aftercare providers will be able to still help my children, and they will not be psychologically stress No opinion. Nothing I don't care, my kids are done with elementary school this year. The feeder pattern; the elementary options have areas of the neighborhood together Keeps LL together I love this option. The borders make sense. Students aren't traveling long distances. Students are in schools in their communities. Kids are assigned to elementary schools based on near proximity in the Urbana area. The total number of kids being affected in Option A for the Urbana area is the lower than Option B. In addition, the predicted utilization in future years for Option A makes more sense than Option B. It keeps children in Centerville still together NA I live in Westwinds - new elementary school or existing NMES are both reasonable in terms of busing. Nothing!!!! My son has 2 years left an NMES, option A takes him to Twin Ridge. We bought our house to go to NMES. This option is fantastic. It keeps neighborhoods together, it reduces time on busses, it makes minimal changes to students. I don't like either option but this one is better than option B. This will be very disruptive to our family.

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Live-in Elementary School

Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Green Valley ES New Market ES Deer Crossing ES Kemptown ES Deer Crossing ES

Centerville ES Centerville ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Oakdale ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES

Kemptown ES

Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES New Market ES Green Valley ES Centerville ES Kemptown ES

Centerville ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Centerville ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES Oakdale ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Urbana ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Centerville ES

What do you like about Elementary School DRAFT Option A?

Keeps me in my current district. Yes!! The borders of the maps keep streets and neighborhoods closer together. Students are with their neighbors. This option keeps students attending elementary schools closer to them. No change There would be no change to our students, we would stay at NMES where we have been extremely pleased with the teachers and administration. Our students will stay with most of their current friends. It's fine N/A I am eager to have my kids attend the new elementary school YES I like this option. It does not affect many students. It keeps students together for elementary / middle (better than B). It keeps Urbana Highlands together, but that is not a priority. Sugarloaf will be taking students from Urbana and Sugarloaf. There is more of a balance. N/A Keeps the neighborhood with their childhood friends. the students stay in the same middle and high school Fewest # impacted It keeps the Eaglehead at Linganore boundaries intact. I literally HATE Option A. It would require my child to spend significantly more time each day to get to Urbana ES, when KES is much closer and is a school that she is entirely familiar with. I find this plan unacceptable in every way. It keeps all the kids in our neighborhood within the neighborhood schools Our village will be kept with the rest of the community. My daughter will attend Oakdale high as expected when we purchased our home. Hate it! proximity, no change to current school Keeps Urbana kids in Urbana Schools, my child would attend the closest elementary school to our home This seems to be the Best ES option so far in terms of distribution, bus usage, and trying to keep communities together. I live in PB 145, so I like Option A because it keeps us at Centerville, where my children currently attend and where my sons have IEP's set up already and we know the staff. N/A New elementary school to lessen the burden on deer crossing Proximity Proximity My children are able to walk to school as they do now. I think that Option A is best because you are still leaving the smallest foot print as the Westwinds community is not impacted. The villages of Lake Linganore are together through middle and high school as they are now. It seems unfair to cut off one village from the rest. Like Woodridgge was disappointed, with the first round, it is disappointing to see that now the Meadow and Balmoral are split. This confuses me since Pinehurst and Summerfield are closer to NMMS. I would love to see villages stay together and at the closest location. if things gave to be divided, it makes more sense to me to divide the new houses not the established. Everything It keeps more kids walking to Centerville than Option B, though less than currently can walk. And it doesn't carve out an established neighborhood (Westwinds) from their current school. Meadows/Balmoral do not get split from the rest of the LL community besides WW who is currently split My kids will continue to attend DCES. We moved to our current home do they would attend DCES. All of Lake Linganore remains together Keeps things close to same More students who would be moving from Centerville get to stay together even if they are moved to Sugarloaf Elementary School. YES!! That it will be a brand new school. Like it Elementary schools will not be over crowded Approve. Keeps the villages together and going to closest school geographically I am indifferent on the ES drafts. I like that Centerville and Sugarloaf are under capacity.

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Live-in Elementary School

Kemptown ES Centerville ES Twin Ridge ES Centerville ES Green Valley ES Oakdale ES Twin Ridge ES Kemptown ES Twin Ridge ES Centerville ES Centerville ES Urbana ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES

Centerville ES

Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES New Market ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES New Market ES New Market ES Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES

Deer Crossing ES

Centerville ES

Centerville ES

Twin Ridge ES Centerville ES

Centerville ES

Kemptown ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Centerville ES

Centerville ES

Deer Crossing ES Green Valley ES Deer Crossing ES Centerville ES Deer Crossing ES Deer Crossing ES Oakdale ES

What do you like about Elementary School DRAFT Option A?

My son stays at Kemptown It places my kid in s new school Changes our Middle School Keep Kids in the neighborhood in one school not applicable to my middle schooler Frankly, I don't like A or B because they redistrict my location to SRES no change for us Unclear No opinion no change The people in the closest proximity to CES will continue to walk a few blocks to school. I like that it keeps our planning block at Centerville ES keeps our children. communities together with their friends looks great Keeps the LL community together THAT WE ARE STAYING IN CENTERVILLE ES. I MOVED TO THE VOU LAST JUNE FOR THE SCHOOLS IN ADDITION OF FINDING OUT AT TIME OF PURCHASE OF MY HOME THAT I HAD TO PAY EXTRA TAXES FOR LIVING IN THIS AREA Keeps our kids together who have grown up together. EVERYTHING i like keeping all the neighborhood kids together! That my kids stay at NMES It keeps Linganore as a community together which is the whole reason we moved here. All of Lake Linganore remains together Village of Urbana should not be divided Keep community together Keeping our community kids together as the continue to grow and through their lifeline educational experience. Close to the community I like that it allows for continuity of feeder pattern West Winds should stay at NMES We are still at the same schools I am not personally affected by the elementary school. It is exciting to go to the new school and have updated technology and establishing a new culture. It seems like the draw area is smaller than in option B. The Meadows is one of several LLA neighborhoods moving to the East County ES My house is on Shawfield Lane and my children currently walk to school (it is ................
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